Network on Environments, Services and Technologies for Maximizing Independence
NEST - An ASA Constituent Group

About NEST

Do you work with older adults who are frail or who have physical, sensory or cognitive impairments? Or are your clients aging with a disability? Are you helping them maintain quality of life and prevent more serious disability? If so, the Network on Environments, Services and Technologies for Maximizing Independence (NEST) is the right constituent group for you.

NEST brings together professionals working with older adults who have lifelong and late-life physical, sensory and/or cognitive disabilities and whose ability to function independently is threatened or compromised. We share a common goal: maximizing functional capacity and promoting independence for elders through appropriately designed environments, services and technologies. NEST members share information across the aging, disability and rehabilitation systems about:

• Assistive technology
• Environmental modification
• Transportation and older driver issues
• Emerging technologies to promote aging in place
• Policy issues and trends
• Universal design of products, private residences and community public spaces
• Consumer and provider education through distance learning

Benefits of NEST Membership

• Publications
  NEST members receive a newsletter, Maximizing Human Potential — a comprehensive, ongoing source of information about resources, program models, best practices, research and policy developments, and more.
• Web Resources
  NEST's home page offers an annotated guide to Web resources dealing with maximizing independence, as well as an extensive list of recommended books, videos and other resources. A members-only section offers a searchable online directory of NEST members and their interests to facilitate professional collaboration, plus a selection of articles from Maximizing Human Potential.
• Conferences
  At the Aging in America Conference each spring, NEST offers a full track of maximizing independence-related sessions, as well as a peer group meeting, a reception, and informal opportunities for networking and socializing. In addition, NEST organizes intensives on healthcare and aging issues during ASA's regional Conferences on Aging, an annual professional development opportunity for professionals who work with older adults.
• Networking
  In addition to contact with other NEST members, NEST fosters links among practitioners, educators, researchers, policymakers, service providers, administrators, business people, and other interested individuals and groups. In addition, NEST works with other organizations and publications to encourage greater understanding about the importance of maximizing the independence of older adults.

  The American Society on Aging

  NEST is a constituent group of the American Society on Aging (ASA), the largest professional membership association in the field of aging in the United States. ASA's more than 6,000 members comprise a national multidisciplinary community of those who work with older adults.

  NEST membership is available at no extra charge exclusively to ASA members. Members of NEST have access to a wealth of resources in the field of aging through ASA's publications and programs.

  ASA Individual Membership Benefits

  As an individual member of ASA, you receive the following benefits:
  • Publications
    Generations, ASA's quarterly journal, is one of the most highly respected journals in the field of aging. Each issue provides a diversity of perspectives on a single topical area, written by leading researchers, policymakers, clinicians and practitioners.
    
    Aging Today, ASA's bimonthly newspaper, covers the latest trends and developments in aging, including updates on new products and services, innovative programs and the latest research.
    
    ASA Connection, ASA's monthly e-newsletter, provides news briefs on events in aging, research and policy developments, innovative practices, member news and more.
  • Member Discounts
    Save up to 40 percent on ASA conferences and training and 15 percent on books, videos and other products from the ASA store.
  • Continuing Education and Staff Development
    CEUs are available for most of our conferences and training. You also can earn a staff development certificate of completion at the ASA-NCOA Joint Conference and at ASA's Autumn Series on Aging.
  • Development and expansion of professional and personal contacts
  • Unique opportunities to share ideas, information, programs and perspectives
  • Access to speakers and consultants
  • Searchable online ASA membership directory

  ASA Organizational Membership Benefits

  As an organizational member of ASA, your organization receives full benefits for three designated individuals from your staff, plus the following:
  • The opportunity to add an unlimited number of additional individuals from your organization for only $95 each (a savings of 30 percent off the regular rate).
  • Discounts of up to 35 percent on conference registration fees for an unlimited number of people from your organization.
  • Free distribution of our monthly e-newsletter, ASA Connection, to your entire staff.
  • Free want ads posted on the ASA job board.

  Join ASA and NEST

  Start receiving the benefits of membership today! Click here to join ASA and NEST.